Pathway dependence of ecosystem responses in China to 1.5 °C global warming

• Published in: Atmospheric chemistry and physics Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 2353 - 2366
• Main Authors: Yue, Xu, Liao, Hong, Wang, Huijun, Zhang, Tianyi, Unger, Nadine, Sitch, Stephen, Feng, Zhaozhong, Yang, Jia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 28.02.2020; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Aerosols; Air pollution; Analysis; Biological fertilization; Budgets; Carbon; Carbon budget; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Carbon emissions; Carbon sinks; Climate change; Ecosystems; Emissions; Emitters; Environmental changes; Fertilization; Global temperature changes; Global warming; Ozone; Pollutants; Pollution control; Primary production; Production management; China

China is currently the world's largest emitter of both CO2 and short-lived air pollutants. Ecosystems in China help mitigate a part of the country's carbon emissions, but they are subject to perturbations in CO2, climate, and air pollution. Here, we use a dynamic vegetation model and data...